Gulzar's poem for Pancham (translation)

Do you remember those rainy days, Pancham?

Remember? 

Yonder the hills, in the low valley

Where, piercing the mist

The rail tracks seemed adrift

In the foggy air, we seemed like two little saplings

We sat there for long. We did.

We spoke of a traveler

Who had to arrive the previous evening

But the hour of his arrival seemed to take long

We squatted  then,  on the tracks. For long.

We waited for that elusive train

The train did not come, nor its hour

And you walked a couple of feet, stepped into the mist, vanished

I am still there, alone in the mist, dear Pancham

n  Gulzar

(Translated by N. Madhavan, 2016)